Knowledge exists potentially in the human soul like the seed in the soil; by learning the potential becomes actual.
AL-GHAZALIDo not fix hopes on your health, and do not laugh away life. Remember how they walked and now all their joints lie separately, and the tongue with which they talked lightly is eaten away by the worms.
More Al-Ghazali Quotes
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The corruption of religions comes from turning them to mere words and appearances.
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This visible world is a trace of that invisible one and the former follows the latter like a shadow.
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No one who possesses snow would find any hardship in exchanging it for jewels and pearls. This world is like snow exposed to sun, which continues to melt until it disappears altogether, while the next life is like a precious stone that never passes away.
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Dear friend, Your heart is a polished mirror. You must wipe it dean of the veil of dust that has gathered upon it, because it is destined to reflect the light of divine secrets.
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Does money upset the hearts of learned men? He answered, “men whose hearts are changed by money are not learned.”
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The happiness of the drop is to die in the river.
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Half of disbelief in Allah in the world is caused by people who make religion look ugly due to their bad conduct and ignorance.
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Whoever says that all music is prohibited, let him also claim that the songs of birds are prohibited.
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To completely trust in Allah is to be like a child who knows deeply that even if he does not call for the mother, the mother is totally aware of his condition and is looking after him.
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A man of bad character punishes his own soul.
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Love for God is the farthest reach of all stations, the sun of the highest degrees, and there is no station after that of love, except its fruit and its consequences.
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Never have I dealt with anything more difficult than my own soul, which sometimes helps me and sometimes opposes me.
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Those who look for seashells will find seashells; those who open them will find pearls.
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The way to paradise is an uphill climb whereas hell is downhill. Hence, there is a struggle to get to paradise and not to hell.
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Whoever passes forty without his virtue overpowering his vice, let him get ready for hellfire. This advice contains enough for people of knowledge.
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